Your work schedule has drastically changed,
illness has suddenly inconvenienced you,
the bills keep getting higher,
and the weight of it all makes you feel like you are on shaky ground.
Maybe, just maybe, you are like me.
You can carry too much on your own shoulders, and all it takes is one shift of one situation to throw your balance off kilter.
Like Chicken Little, you begin to think the sky is falling, and you proceed to run around like a little chick in circles.
You too may forget to look up, & give up.
Look up into the face of the One who wants to show you the love He has for you.
Give up trying to do it all alone, and allow Him to shoulder the burden you were never designed to carry.
That sounds so simple, yet many days i find it more of a struggle.
Because i forget to look up, and give up.
When He strengthens me, i can do way more than i ever dreamed or believed i could.
Because He is so much more than we can even imagine!
When i make the time to worship, dig deeper into the Word, and listen to hear His voice above the world’s murmurs of busyness….He never fails to remind me He is there for me, and longs for me to look up, and give up. When i do, these words come to life within me:
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. Psalm 62:1-2 ESV
And He reminds me of these such truths, through my daily quiet time, worship, instagram, Twitter & Facebook, the words of fellow believers and even different translations of the same verse.! Sometimes hearing a familiar Word put a different way can awaken your soul to it afresh:
God, the one and only—I’ll wait as long as He says. Everything I need comes from Him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life. Psalm 62:1-2 MSG
God, may i ever take my eyes off of myself & my circumstances and look up to You first before and above all.
Help me to give up what i am carrying, even if i don’t know i am. Free up space within for my soul to breathe in Your company. Be the solid Rock i am anchored upon, my hiding place & fortress of strength.
In and through and with You, I can make it through, knowing You are more than enough, all i need.
KARLA LEES 